George Zimmerman Ignites Firestorm With Plans For Gun Used To Kill Trayvon Martin

Haters of George Zimmerman may have to check themselves into a mental hospital after they learn what the former neighborhood watch captain is doing with the firearm he used to shoot and kill Trayvon Martin: He has placed the gun up for auction.

@CNN he kills a kid, gets to run free & then has the nerve to SELL the weapon he killed with? Bizarre & despicable #Zimmerman#inhumane

The auction on Gunbroker.com was set to begin at 11 a.m. Thursday but was halted shortly thereafter. Gunbroker.com issued a statement saying it had decided against hosting the auction. “Our site rules state that we reserve the right to reject listings at our sole discretion, and have done so with the Zimmerman listing,” it said. “We want no part in the listing on our web site or in any of the publicity it is receiving.”

Zimmerman told CNN he had moved the auction to another website. “Unfortunately, (GunBroker.com) was not prepared for the traffic and publicity surrounding the auction of my firearm,” Zimmerman said in a text. “It has now been placed with another auction house.”

The new auction site, UnitedGunGroup.com, said that as “long as Mr. Zimmerman (or any other UGG member) is obeying the letter of the law, his personal firearm sale will be permitted on our network.”

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Zimmerman, who was found not guilty of murder after arguing he killed Martin in self-defense, has since gone into hiding amid fears someone may attempt to avenge Martin’s death. The full weight of the Obama administration’s Justice Department was sent to Florida to aid in supposedly obtaining a guilty verdict. The president himself opined that if he had a son he would look like Trayvon. Hillary Clinton recently commented, “The man who killed Treyvon Martin should’ve never had a gun in the first place.”

So it may come as no surprise to many that the auction’s description included the following message: “The firearm is fully functional as the attempts by the Department of Justice on behalf of B. Hussein Obama to render the firearm inoperable were thwarted by my phenomenal Defense Attorney. … I am proud to announce that a portion of the proceeds will be used to: fight BLM violence against Law Enforcement officers, ensure the demise of Angela Correy’s persecution career and Hillary Clinton’s anti-firearm rhetoric.” Florida State Attorney Angela Corey was prosecutor in Zimmerman’s case.

In an interview with Fox 35 news in Florida, Zimmerman explained why he was selling the gun. “I’m a free American,” he said. “I can do what I like with my possessions.” Zimmerman said the Justice Department took his gun even after he was “exonerated” for Martin’s death.